--- /Base64.java	2023-07-05 03:11:56.102027932 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Base64.java	2023-07-05 03:11:56.110027932 +0200
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
      *             if the parameter supplied is not of type byte[]
      */
     public Object decode(Object pObject) throws DecoderException {
-        if (!(pObject instanceof byte[])) {
+if  ( ! ( pObject  &&  byte[] )  )  {
             throw new DecoderException("Parameter supplied to Base64 decode is not a byte[]");
         }
         return decode((byte[]) pObject);
